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<i>The New York Times</i> and ProPublica report that the National Security Agency's ability to spy on Internet traffic "has relied on its extraordinary, decades long partnership" with AT&T, according to documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.<p>According to the reporting, the NSA documents …

On this day 70 years ago, Emperor Hirohito announced to his people that Japan would surrender to the Allies in World War II. George Koo of the <i>Asia Times</i> remembers the historic speech.<p>Transcript<p>TESS VIGELAND, HOST:<p>Before the end of the second World War, Emperor Hirohito was considered by the …

<b>A trailer for Danny Boyle's new film about Steve Jobs has offered a first glimpse of actor Michael Fassbender in character as the late Apple co-founder.</b><p>The 12 Years a Slave star is seen wearing Jobs' trademark glasses and black turtleneck in scenes recreating one of his famous product launches.<p>The …

Budget cuts, low enrollments, and teacher shortages mean the country is falling behind the rest of the world.<p>Educators from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., this past Thursday to lobby in the interest of world languages. It was Language Advocacy Day, an annual event on Capitol Hill …

Throughout a long and varied career, Jim O'Rourke has approached music the way a watchmaker might approach complications, the catch-all term for parts of a timepiece that go beyond simply telling the time. (A display of the date would be one, as would the day of the week, star charts and matters of …

Can a diverse cast help it hold up to the legacy of the original?<p>Is it even possible to make a racially sensitive Western? The genre, once the backbone of the American film industry and now largely out of favor, tends to only return these days to be skewered in some form, whether (successfully) by</b> …

Sure, Whedon’s $250 million superhero sequel is a fun, forgettable summer spectacle. Wasn’t he aiming for more?<p>So Joss Whedon, TV cult hero and creator of the Buffyverse, has spent most of the last five years engaged in immensely lucrative struggle with a Marvel Comics mashup franchise. Toward what …

People attending independent events spent £466 each on going to events last year<p>Independent festivals have contributed more than £1bn to the UK economy over the last five years, according to the Association of Independent Festivals. In 2014 alone, these festivals generated £296m, according to the …

Hit horror Unfriended takes place entirely on social media and computer screens. So if the genre really is a barometer for the anxieties of an age, what does that say about the world we now live in?<p>‘Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep,” cautioned the tagline for A Nightmare on Elm Street back in …

So fast, so furious, so much money.<p>Despite being in American theaters for less than a month, <i>Furious 7</i> just grossed a billion dollars at the box office. For those keeping track at home, that is faster than any movie has ever hit the billion-dollar mark, according to <i>Variety</i>. It’s an impressive feat, …

One of the great pleasures of the new <i>Star Wars: The Force Awakens</i> trailer is seeing a new director inject his own flourishes into an already visually distinctive series. The <i>Star Wars</i> visual catalog has a few staples that have stayed consistent throughout the series: think transitional wipes and …

Stewart’s decision to retire as host of the satirical news show after 16 years has left liberal America in mourning. So why is he leaving just before an election – and what will happen when he steps out from behind the desk?<p>There was no one moment when Jon Stewart knew it was time for him to leave …

<i>This post originally appeared at Ensia.</i><p>Inside a sprawling single-story office building in Bedford, Massachusetts, in a secret room known as the Growth Hall, the future of solar power is cooking at more than 2,500 °F. Behind closed doors and downturned blinds, custom-built ovens with ambitious names …

Hillary Clinton made a surprising move this week. It wasn't running for president — she'd already set the stage for that — but embracing the idea of a constitutional amendment to restrict or eliminate big money in politics.<p>The notion of amending the Constitution this way has been discussed, …

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese describes the impact that the restless, dynamic films made by great Polish directors from Roman Polanski to Andrzej Wajda have had on his work<p>As for many other people, my introduction to Polish cinema came with Andrzej Wajda’s trilogy: Ashes and Diamonds, …

The annual economic toll of gun violence tops the cost of combating obesity, according to a new investigation by Mother Jones's Mark Follman, Julia Lurie, Jaeah Lee, and James West.<p>The investigation, conducted with the help of Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation economist Ted Miller, …